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ERIC Number: ED653831
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 138
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ISBN: 979-8-3824-0514-8
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Ubuntu - I Am Because We Are: A Critical Narrative of the Experiences of African American Men While Enrolling and Matriculating in Master's Level School Counseling Programs
Lee Best
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Caldwell University
Community can be said to be the central theme of the concept of Ubuntu. The lack of African American men in school counseling is a concern, and this has propelled the researcher to look at the master's level school counseling programs that are the educational means in which one becomes a professional school counselor. The experiences of African American men while enrolled in master's level school counseling programs are explored, concluding with participants' ideas on how to increase the number of African American men who enroll in master's level school counseling programs. The researcher uses questions derived from relevant literature and informed by critical race theory (CRT; Bell, 1992; Gueh, 2020; Harris, 1993; Haskins & Singh, 2015; Henfield et al., 2013; Ladson-Billings, 2005; Ladson-Billings & Tate, 1995; Patton et al., 2007; Pulliam, 2017; West & Moore, 2015). The participants of this study are African American men who are current or previous master's level school counseling program students. This research gives 11 African American men voices to express their experiences. From their narratives the themes that are derived are: (a) motivation to become school counselors; (b) lack of diversity; and (c) faculty influence. These themes align with the CRT tenets of permanence of race, whiteness as property, critique of liberalism, interest convergence, counter storytelling, and social justice. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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